Customizing Views for Improved Legibility

You can make the information in your Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Journal, Notes, and Outlook Today easier to see by changing the fonts and text size of the view you are using. A view is composed of a view type, fields, a sort order, colors, fonts, and many other settings.

The Five Standard View Types

There are five basic view types in Outlook 2000:

• Table view type
  In a table view, items are in a grid of rows and columns. Each row contains one item. Details about items are in columns. A table view type is best to view messages, tasks, and details about any other item.
• Timeline view type
  In a timeline view, items appear as icons arranged in chronological order from left to right on a time scale. A timeline view type is best to view journal entries and any items you want to plot in a relation to time.
• Day/week/month view type
  In a day/week/month view, items are arranged on the Calendar, similar to a day planner in paper form. You can view items in blocks of time for days, for weeks, or for one month. A day/week/month view type is best to view appointments, meetings, and tasks.
• Card view type
  In a card view, items appear as individual cards similar to an address card file. A card view type is best to view contacts and any items you want to find quickly in alphabetical order.
• Icon view type
  In an icon view, items and files are represented by individual icons arranged on an invisible grid. An icon view type is best to view notes and files as large icons, small icons, or a list of icons. (If you want to display details about the items, use a table view type.)

Accessibility Tutorial:

• Changing Fonts in the Current View